“A deft storyteller, Benioff writes about starvation, cannibalism, and Nazi atrocities with poise and cinematic flair. If Thieves were a movie, it would start out like Schindler’s List and end up like Raiders of the Lost Ark.” —People "City of Thieves is a coming-of-age story brilliantly amplified by its worn-torn backdrop Benioff’s finest achievement in "City of Thieves" has been to banish all possible /5(K). City of Thieves, published in , is a historical novel by Jewish American author David Benioff. The story is framed as the memories of the narrator’s grandfather, Lev Beniov. The story follows Lev, a Russian Jew, and Kolya, a Cossack soldier, during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II. Benioff’s finest achievement in "City of Thieves" has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page." —The Washington Post “City of Thieves is flat-out great Benioff’s screen writing chops are in full force here - the plot careens /5(K).
City of Thieves by David Benioff Plot Summary | LitCharts. City of Thieves Introduction + Context. Plot Summary. Detailed Summary Analysis Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter. City of Thieves by David Benioff "No recent novel I've read travels so quickly and surely between registers, from humor to devastation Benioff reminds us what a beautifully ambiguous world we live in." —The New York Times Book Review During the Nazis' brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov. David Benioff`s City of Thieves is a well-written and engaging story set during the times of World War II in Russia`s Leningrad. Set in the year , City of Thieves is all about the adventurous journey of two youths, Lev Abramovich Beniov and Kolya Vlasov, to find a dozen eggs for a Soviet officer.
Benioff’s finest achievement in “City of Thieves” has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page.” —The Washington Post “City of Thieves is flat-out great Benioff’s screen writing chops are in full force here – the plot careens along with cinematic verve – but that’s expected. City of Thieves is a historical fiction novel by David Benioff. It is, in part, a coming of age story set in the World War II siege of Leningrad. It follows the adventures of two youths as they desperately search for a dozen eggs at the behest of a Soviet NKVD officer, a task which takes them far behind enemy lines. Plot. City of Thieves, published in , is a historical novel by Jewish American author David Benioff. The story is framed as the memories of the narrator’s grandfather, Lev Beniov. The story follows Lev, a Russian Jew, and Kolya, a Cossack soldier, during the Siege of Leningrad in World War II.
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